Oak Hill and the Martha Berry Museum will be closed until next Wednesday to allow workers to clear debris from the December storm. The storms, which included a tornado, damaged or downed more than 100 trees causing damage to the museum roof, the Original Cabin and the gift shop.
Cleanup started this week as students and staff hauled off trees and limbs from the Dec. 22 storms that hit Rome.
Oak Hill and its adjacent outbuildings did not appear to sustain any damage
On Saturday and Sunday, January 21-22, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest is hosting a trails assessment introduction and training course at Unicoi State Park Lodge, beginning at 9:00am each day. The Saturday morning kick-off will include presentations from Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, the CoTrails volunteer group, and Applied Trails Research, with the goal of providing an introduction to a trails assessment process that will be occurring on the National Forest. The classroom portion of the Trails 101 course will follow and last until 4:00pm. Sunday will be the Trails 101 field session on Smith Creek Trail, ending at 3:00pm. The meeting and course are free and open to anyone interested. Please RSVP to John Campbell, USFS: jwcampbell@fs.fed.us.
Mrs. Virginia Angel “Vicki” Beuchaw Ballinger, age 53, of Menlo, GA died Thursday,
January 5, 2012.
Mrs. Ballinger was born February 19, 1958 in Guthrie, OK. She was retired from
Shepherd Hills Nursing Home. Mrs. Ballinger was a member of Menlo Methodist
Church. She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Mavity Helms; and
her step-father, Floyd Coffman.
Survivors include her husband, Jimmy L. Ballinger; sons, Jerry L. Ballinger,
Summerville, GA, and Jimmy Lee Ballinger, Gore, GA; daughters, Heather
Dudek, Mulhall, OK, and Teri Helms, Ft. Payne, AL; parents, Juanita Coffman,
Guthrie, Ok; father, Walter F. Beuchaw, Minneapolis, KS; brothers, Melvin
Beuchaw, Floyd Coffman, Robert Coffman, and Brandon Beuchaw; sisters,
Christine Coffman, and Brenda Beuchaw, all of Guthrie, OK; and 11 Grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p. m. Sunday, January 8, 2011 at Mason
Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Weaver officiating. Burial will follow
in Mt. Olive Cemetery.
Mrs. Ballinger will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will
receive friends Sunday from 1:00 until the funeral hour.
Mason Funeral Home is directing.
Two women are dead as a result of the shooting
Mrs. Edna Johnson Phillips, age 93, of Summerville, GA died Friday, January 6, 2012
at Floyd Medical Center.
Mrs. Phillips was born May 11, 1918 in Summerville, GA, the daughter of the late
Mark E. and Rosa Gifford Johnson. She was retired from Summerville Manufacturing
Company.
Survivors include her husband to whom she was married for over 77 years, Joe Hutcheson
Phillips, SR; son, Joe H. Phillips, JR; daughter and son-in-law, Katherine and Charles Frady;
5 Grandchildren; 9 Great-grandchildren; and 4 Great-great-grandchildren.
Graveside and interment services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Sunday, January 8, 2012
at Greenhills Memory Gardens with Dr. William Flannagan officiating. Pallbearers
will be grandsons and great-grandsons, Michael Frady, Kenneth Frady, Kane
Phillips, Nathan Plant, Nicholas Plant, and Nigel Plant.
Mrs. Phillips will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive
friends from 1:00 p. m. until the service hour on Sunday. Mason Funeral Home is directing.
